The
following guide is to help you in dating your Bat Day
Stadium giveaway baseball bat. Key features in determining
the age of the bat are variations on the barrel such as players name; script or block, Team name; script or block, the order the team name, the players name, and approved little league appears on the
barrel as well as center brand variations which include
H&B, Hillerich & Bradsby co., Made in USA, Made
in Canada. This is not an exact science. Label styles
might vary from ballpark to ballpark. Some
teams may have not used player names in a
particular year making it difficult to date. Team Logos
could help in dating. By checking the years a player
played for a team, and matching it with a label below
you should at least come within a year of your bat.

Barrel
picture

Year
Produced -Barrel description

Center
brand

1965Top:Players
Name in scriptCENTER: Team name Block
lettersBOTTOM: Approved Little
League

1966Top:
Approved Little
LeagueCENTER: Players
Name Block
lettersBOTTOM: Team name in
Script

1967Top:
Players
Name in scriptCENTER: Team name Block
lettersBOTTOM: Approved Little
League

1968Top:
Players
Name in scriptCENTER: Team name in
ScriptBOTTOM: Approved Little
League

1969Top:Players
Name in scriptCENTER: Team name in
ScriptBOTTOM: Approved Little
League

"Made in Canada"

1970Top:Players
Name in scriptCENTER: Team name in
ScriptBOTTOM: Approved Little
League

"Made in Canada"

1971Top:
Players
Name in scriptCENTER: Team name in
ScriptBOTTOM: Approved Little
League

1972Top: Approved Little
LeagueCENTER: Players
Name in ScriptBOTTOM: Team name in
Script

1973Top: Approved Little
LeagueCENTER: Players
Name in ScriptBOTTOM: Team name in
Script

1974Top:CENTER:BOTTOM:

1975Top:Team
name in ScriptCENTER: Players Name
in ScriptBOTTOM:
Little League

1976Top:Players Name
Block LettersBOTTOM: Team
name Block LettersCorporate Sponsor: Burger
King

1977Top: Little League
CENTER: Players Name
Block Letters
BOTTOM: Team
name Block LettersCorporate Sponsor: Burger
King

1978Top: Little League
CENTER: Players Name
Block LettersBOTTOM: Team
name Block LettersCorporate Sponsor: Burger
King
Below BK Logo: Have it Your Way

1981Corporate Sponsor:
CitibankBarrel: Team
name in Script (No Player Endorsement)

1982Corporate Sponsor:
CitibankBarrel: Team
name in Script (No Player Endorsement)

1985Corporate Sponsor:
Coca-ColaBarrel: Team
name in Script (No Player Endorsement)

1986Corporate Sponsor:
CitibankBarrel: Team
name in Script (No Player Endorsement)

1987Corporate Sponsor: WABC
RadioBarrel: Team
name in Script (No Player Endorsement)

Non Player
endorsed Bats

Top: Approved Little
LeagueCENTER:
COMPLIMENTS OFBOTTOM: Team name in
Script1971 last
year for the Senators

This
"Phillies" Logo was first used in 1970 dating
this bat between 1970-1975 corporate
sponsorship logos like Burger King began showing up on
bats in 1976

This
Cleveland Indians Logo was used from 1973-1979. The corporate
sponsorship Burger King logo dates this bat between 1976-1979

This
is a clipping
from the 1965
New York Yankees scorecard advertising the first
ever Yankees Stadium Bat Day giveaway. This promotion for
Bat Day was held on Father's day June
20th 1965. 71,245 Fans were in attendance.